diff --git a/src/sbbs3/listfile.cpp b/src/sbbs3/listfile.cpp
index 8e7840b82d2a6ba3452562a8075cdfa1c4bcc6c0..32825f7240fcc0b7bd03a2d35ebbf57b3bda1c2c 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/listfile.cpp
+++ b/src/sbbs3/listfile.cpp
@@ -834,7 +834,9 @@ int sbbs_t::listfileinfo(uint dirnum, char *filespec, long mode)
 	struct	tm * tm;
 
 	sprintf(str,"%sxfer.ixt",cfg.data_dir);
-	if(mode==FI_USERXFER && flength(str)>0L) {
+	if(mode==FI_USERXFER) {
+		if(flength(str)<1L)
+			return(0);
 		if((file=nopen(str,O_RDONLY))==-1) {
 			errormsg(WHERE,ERR_OPEN,str,O_RDONLY);
 			return(0); }